Joseph's Coat - Starring Maria Friedman as the Narrator.
From the film version of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'.
Lyrics by Tim Rice and Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. 

Joseph's Coat

Intro: 

Jacob
            
Joseph's mothe

           
r, she was qui

       
te my favourit

e wife
            
I never really

           
 loved another

  
 all my life
            
And Joseph was

           
 my joy becaus

e
            
He reminded me

       
 of her

Narrator
             
Through young 

          
Joseph, Jacob 

            
lived his yout

h again
            
Loved him, pra

           
ised him, gave

              
 him all he co


uld, but then
            
It made the re

            
st feel second

   
 best
            
And even if th

      
ey were -

Brothers
             
Being told we'

         
re also-rans
             
Does not makes

            
 us Joseph fan

s

Narrator
             
But where they

             
 had really mi

          
ssed the boat 

is

Brothers
             
We're great gu

             
ys but no-one 

          
seems to notic

e

Narrator
             
Joseph's charm

              
 and winning s

  
mile
             
Failed to slay

              
 them in the a

 
isle
             
And his father

             
 couldn't see 

     
the danger
             
He could not i

            
magine any dan

ger
         
He just saw in

 Joseph all hi

s dreams come 

true

            
Jacob wanted t

           
o show the wor

       
ld he loved hi

s son
            
To make it cle

           
ar that Joseph

            
 was the speci

al one
            
So Jacob bough

           
t his son a co

at
            
A multi-colour

          
ed coat to wea

r

Jacob, Brothers and Female Ensemble

            
Joseph's coat 

           
was elegant,Th

   
e cut was fine
             
The tasteful s

            
tyle was the, 

#           
Ultimate in go

od design
            
And this is wh

            
y it caught th

   
e eye
             
A king would s

              
top and stare

Narrator
             
And when Josep

           
h tried it on
              
He knew his sh

             
eepskin days w

     
ere gone
             
Such a dazzlin

             
g coat of many

  
 colours
             
How he loved h

             
is coat of man

   
y coloures

             
In a class abo

        
ve the rest
             
It even went w

              
ell with his v


est
             
Such a stunnin

             
g coat of many

  
 colours
             
How he loved h

             
is coat of man

   
y colours

        
It was red and

 yellow and gr

een and brown 

and blue

*over tune +1 / Capo 1

            
Joseph's broth

           
ers weren't, T

     
oo pleased wit

h what they sa

w

Brothers
            
We have never 

           
liked him, All

       
 that much bef

ore
             
And now this c

           
oat, Has got o

     
ur goat
            
We feel life i

         
s unfair

Narrator, Female Ensemble & Children
             
And when Josep

              
h graced the s


cene
              
His brothers t

             
urned a shade 

    
of green
             
His astounding

             
 clothing took

       
 the biscuit

Brothers
             
Quite the smoo

             
thest person i

        
n the district

Joseph & Female Ensemlbe
             
I look handsom

             
e, I look smar

t
             
I am walking w

        
ork of art
             
Such a dazzlin

            
g coat of colo

urs
             
How I love my 

             
coat of many c

  
olours

Narrator, Joseph, Ensemble & Children
        
It was red and

 yellow and gr

een and brown
And scarlet and black and ochre and peach
And ruby and olive and violet and fawn
             
(I look handso

             
me, I look sma

rt)
And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve
             
(I am walking 

        
work of art)
And cream and crimson and silver and rose
             
(Such a dazzli

            
ng coat of col

ours)
And azure and lemon and russet and grey
             
(How I love my

             
 coat of many 

  
colours)
And purple and white and pink and orange
        
It was red and

 yellow and gr

een and brown
And scarlet and black and ochre and peach
And ruby and olive and violet and fawn
And lilac and gold and chocolate and mauve
And cream and crimson and silver and rose
And azure and lemon and russet and grey
And purple and white and pink and orange
And blue 

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